Amusement device



June 23, 1931.v B. B. UBER 1,811,812

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J 1 3 um 1,811,812 I AMUSEMENT msvmz Filed June 5, 1929 2 shoe ng-sheet'2 Patented June 1931 PATENT OFFECE BOWMAN B. UBER, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIOAMUSEMENT DEVICE Application filed June 5,

This invention relates to amusement devices and has for an object theprovision of a device which will prove interesting and amusing and whichrequires considerable 5 skill in playing. I

Another object of the invention is the provision of an amusement devicewhich includes a device movable along one edge of a platfrom or tableand controlled by the weight of 1 a manually controlled object travelingover the same, so that the operation of the device will depend upon theskill of the player.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includesthe following 15 novel features and details of construction, to

be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of an amusement deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention. I

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is L fragmentary plan view.

Figure 4c is a central sectional view of the subject matter disclosed inFigure 3.

F lgure 5 is a fragmentary transverse section.

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view of the contact shoe.

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic view showing the operating means for themovable device.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates a tableor platform, which in the form of the invention shown is rectangularandprovided with a central opening 11, the top of the table or platformsloping from its upper edges downwardly toward the opening 11.

Extending around this opening below the table top is a track 12 whichincludes a third rail 18, while movable over this track is a devicewhich is preferably in the form of a train and includes a locomotive 14and a trailer 15. The train is electrically operated and may receive itscurrent from a suitable source through the third rail 13. The locomotive1929. Serial No. 368,722.

carries a motor 16, while the trailer carries a shoe 17. This shoe is inthe formof a U- shaped metallic member which is connected to one end ofa substantially L-shaped arm 18 through an insulated member 19, the arm18 and member 19 being pivotally connected as shown at 20. The arm 18 ismounted upon a pivot rod 21 which is suspended in brackets 22 which arecarried by the trailer 15, while the free end of the arm 18 has mountedthereon a plate or receptacle 23. This plate or receptacle 23 is locatedbeneath an opening 24 provided in the trailer 15 and as seen in Figure 5of the drawings, the trailer is of substantialiy the same height as theinner edge of the table or platform. The motor 16 is connected to theshoe 17 by means ofaconductor 25 and is grounded to the frame of thelocomotive 14 by a conductor 26. Current maythus pass from the rail tothe shoe 17, through the conductor 25, the motor 16, the conductor 26and to a suitable ground through the frame, the wheels of the locomotiveand the track.

The inventionfurther includes one or more spherical elements 27 whichare adapted to roll over the surface of the platform or table, theobject being for the player to start one of these elements 27 at or nearthe outer edge of the table or platform and permit the said element toroll inward with a view of entering the opening 2 1 of the trailer. Indoing so, the playermust take into consideration the speed of-travel ofthetrain and the speed of travel of the element 27 and must time thestart so that the said element will reach a proper position at the inneredge of the plat form or table to enter the opening-2 In the event ofthe element 27 entering the 7 opening, it will'restupon the plate 23 soas to depress this end of the arm 18 and raise the shoe 17 from contactwiththe third rail so as to interrupt current to the motor 16 and stopthe operation of the train. In the event that the element 27 does notenterthe opening 24, it will be received within a re ceptacle 28 whichextends around the table opening. This receptacle is preferable in theform of a gutter-shaped fabric which has one of its edges provided withrings 29 which engage over hooks 30, carried by the structure whichsupports the tracks 12. The opposite edges of the fabric are secured toa rail 31 which is spaced from the edges of the tubular opening and issupported upon standards 32. The attendant will stand within the frame31.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. An amusement deviceembodying a table, a target movable along one edge thereof, meanswhereby the target may be moved, a gravity projectile capable ofmovement over the top of the table toward the target and means forautomatically stopping the target by contact with the gravity element.

2. An amusement device embodying a table having a top provided with a.central opening and said top being inclined toward the opening, a tracklocated within and extending around the opening, a device movable uponthe track, means whereby the de vice may be moved, manually controlledmeans adapted to be moved over the top of the table and receivablewithin the device and means whereby the manually controlled means maystop the movement of said device.

8. An amusement device embodying a table having a top provided with acentral opening and said top being inclined toward the opening, a tracklocated within and extending around the opening, a device movable uponthe track, means including a motor, whereby the device may be moved,manually cont-rolled means movable over the top of the table andreceivable within the device and pivotally mounted weight operated meanslocated within the device and engageable by the manually controlledmeans to stop the operation of the motor.

4. An amusement device embodying a table having a top provided with acentral opening and said top being inclined toward the opening, a tracklocated within and extending around the opening, an electricallyoperated device movable over the track, a spherical element receivablewithin the device and means adapted to be engaged by the sphericalelement to stop the operation of the electrically operated device.

5. An amusement device embodying a table having a top provided with acentral opening and said top being inclined toward the opening, a tracklocated within and extending around the opening, an electricallyoperated device movable over the track and including a weight controlledcontact shoe, a spherical element adapted to be moved over the table andmeans connected to the shoe and adapted to be engaged by the spherlcalelement to move the shoe and stop the operation of the electricallyoperated device.

6. An amusement device embodying a table having a top provided with acentral opening and said top being inclined toward the opening, areceptacle extending around the table Within the opening, a trackarranged adjacent one edge of the table and receptacle, a device movableupon the track, means whereby the device may be operated and manuallycontrolled means adapted to be moved over the table to enter either thedevice or the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I attix my signature.

BOl/VMAN B. UBER.

